Emperor Ming's grandson

Chapter 103 Five-Year Plan (First Order)

The beleaguered Zhu Xiongying returned to Yingtian Mansion, and naturally followed the usual route to meet the emperor, and then went to the Fengxian Hall to pay homage to his ancestors.Although Zhu Xiongying wanted to see Da Zhu very much, but Lao Zhu was very determined to go to Fengxian Hall first.

At this time, there is no "spirited spirit" in the Lu family. She is just praying for the prince to recover soon.Otherwise, she would be supervised by eunuchs and maids in the Fengxian Hall to worship and pray for blessings.

Seeing Zhu Xiongying, Lu shuddered subconsciously, not daring to approach Zhu Xiongying at all.She is also praying now, praying that the emperor's grandson will be merciful, leaving Zhu Yunqi and Zhu Yunxi alive, and not banishing them to the high walls of Fengyang.

"The situation is definitely not very good. The emperor's grandfather forbids me to go to the East Palace, and the atmosphere in the palace is also a bit weird." Zhu Xiongying drew tablets for the emperor's grandmother and the princess, and began to analyze, "The maids, eunuchs, including those The guards are all cautious, and the atmosphere is indescribably oppressive."

The most important thing is that in the past when Zhu Xiongying returned to Yingtian Mansion, his younger brothers and sisters had already come here.But Zhu Yunxi was nowhere to be seen now, and the sisters Zhu Xi and Zhu Yue hadn't come over either, as if they didn't know that Zhu Xiongying had returned to the palace.

What's more, Zhu Xiongying also remembered that when he visited Lao Zhu just now, even though Lao Zhu was very happy to see his grandson.It's just that Zhu Xiongying also felt it. Old Zhu was frowning, and his previous appearance could even be regarded as a strong effort.

After these things are done, Zhu Xiongying will go to the East Palace. Naturally, there is nothing to stop him, and no one really dares to stop him.

The atmosphere in the Hall of Spring Harmony was even more depressing. Seeing Zhu Xiongying's return, many people in the Hall of Spring Harmony breathed a sigh of relief.Because the prince is ill, these people are under too much pressure now, and they cannot bear the emperor's anger.

Seeing Zhu Xiongying coming back, Zhu Yunxi's eyes turned red, "Brother Huang."

Zhu Xiongying touched Zhu Yunxi's head, and said with a smile, "It's good, I've finally grown up."

"Brother Emperor, Father was tired a few days ago." Zhu Yunxie's eyes were red, and he said aggrievedly, "These days have been good and bad, and it has never been good. A few days ago, I had typhoid fever again, and I burned for several days. "

Zhu Xiongying trembled in his heart. In this era, it seems that there has been a lot of medical improvement.But catching a cold is also a fatal thing.Not to mention ordinary people, even emperors and princes often have no way to avoid these things.

Zhu Xiongying nodded, and then cautiously entered Da Zhu's bedroom.

I touched Da Zhu's forehead, and it was not bad. Although I had a little fever, it was not particularly high.

Zhu Xiongying looked at the white-bearded imperial doctor and asked, "How is the situation?"

"Returning to Your Highness, His Royal Highness was overworked and hurt his vitality a few days ago." The imperial doctor replied cautiously, "Now it is under control, but His Royal Highness cannot be tired, and it will take some time to get better."

Zhu Xiongying nodded and said, "Look here carefully, don't just think about nothing, understand?"

The imperial doctors were beat up by Zhu Xiongying, these imperial doctors still have some medical skills.It's just that most of the time, when they treat the emperor and the prince, they basically use some mild prescriptions, and they don't ask for merit, but for no fault.

What should be beaten still needs to be beaten, and Zhu Xiongying is really worried that Da Zhu's condition will be dragged on like this.

After staying in the Chunhe Palace for a while, Zhu Xiongying walked towards the Qianqing Palace.

Old Zhu raised his head and glanced at Zhu Xiongying, then continued to crouch at his desk and busy with approving memorials.Zhu Xiongying hugged the stack of memorials naturally, and Shuangquan immediately took the brush with insight.Wang Chengen cast a secret glance at his former younger brother, and hurriedly studied Zhu Xiongying's ink.

"Grandfather, the Xifan area is still unstable now. I think it's time for Duke Liang to put on his clothes again, drive the bandits over there into Handong, and set up Handong Guard." Zhu Xiongying pondered for half an hour with the memorial, and finally He said, "It still needs to be taken down over there."

Old Zhu raised his head and glanced at Zhu Xiongying, "Sooner or later it will be taken down there, so as to attack the remnants of Beiyuan. It's impossible for Wala to sit there, but we can't afford to use troops now."

Handong, that is, the area around the Western Regions, this is naturally what Zhu Xiongying cares about.

What's more, there are powerful opponents there. Although the Mongols are now split, there are powerful tribes such as Junggar, Durbert, and Turghut in the eight tributaries of the upper reaches of the Yenisei River.Today's Wala is active there, and together with Tatar and Wuliangha, it is called the three major nomadic groups in Mobei.

Naturally, Zhu Xiongying also knew this, so he said, "First stabilize over there and drive a wedge. Wait until Dongying and Koryo are stabilized, then we can consider weakening those Mongolian tribes."

Lao Zhu was noncommittal and said, "Then let's see if you can fight Tatar well. Tatar and Wala are fighting fiercely now, but they just pushed those people into a corner, and maybe they merged again. Our Yinger has done a good job, no salt is allowed. Iron into the grassland."

"It's good to starve them, they are short of some utensils now." Zhu Xiongying laughed and said to Lao Zhu, "When the new year begins, Grandpa Huang remembers to send more bad tea to Peiping, those Mongolians can't taste it. Tea."

Lao Zhu nodded immediately with a smile, without any psychological barriers, "Yes, but we have to remind you. You are the grandson of Daming, and you do some business business. Tell me yourself, we are short of your silver taels." ?”

"Grandson doesn't need silver, there are too many good things." Zhu Xiongying laughed and said to Lao Zhu, "It's just that grandson wants the country to control some trade and open up some sources of wealth. Daming is still not rich enough, grandson I still want to open up more land and mines, and get more grain, salt and iron."

Old Zhu remembered something, and said to Zhu Xiongying, "Ying'er, we heard that you drove all the prisoners in Beiping Mansion to build roads. In some surrounding places, you also conscripted those prisoners on death row and bitter prisoners. Beiping Mansion?"

"Give them good food, it's better than eating some bad food in prison." Zhu Xiongying didn't hide his thoughts, and said, "Daming still lacks people, those death row prisoners don't need to use them for nothing, and those hard prisoners should build roads, Doing work, at any rate, is to alleviate the crime, and it will be enough if you don’t die from exhaustion.”

Lao Zhu was silent for a moment, and then reminded, "Many people in the court are talking about it, you have to pay attention."

Old Zhu couldn't help being overjoyed, and said to Zhu Xiongying, "So you let those prisoners build roads? The captured prisoners are either building roads or digging pits for you to farm?"

"Those sour Confucians are probably scolding me, saying that I am not a king." Zhu Xiongying casually reviewed the memorial, and said to Lao Zhu, "In two days, we will invite Yan Shenggong, and my grandson will talk to him about the scriptures." That's it."

Today's Yan Shenggong is Kong Na, the 56th generation of Yan Shenggong.It is considered to be the second Yan Shenggong of the Ming Dynasty, and the first one was Kong Xixue who was conferred in the first year of Hongwu, and this was also the Yan Shenggong of the Yuan Dynasty.

Lao Zhu just smiled and didn't speak. He didn't have a cold with Mencius, and he didn't particularly have a cold with Confucius.

It's just that as an emperor, sometimes he can only learn to compromise, even if he has such a strong character as Lao Zhu.At the beginning, when Mencius was wanted to be carried out of the Confucian Temple, it was an uproar, and scholars would not agree.

The grandparents and grandchildren continued to review the memorials, and Lao Zhu, a workaholic, obviously didn't gain a lot of wisdom.His son collapsed from exhaustion, so Lao Zhu was naturally distressed.But Lao Zhu still does his own thing, and still has a high degree of centralization.

Wang Chengen asked the maid and the eunuch to light the candles, and Lao Zhu was very distressed, "Let's just put two candles here, and light a few more candles for the grandson to brighten the hall."

Zhu Xiongying smiled and said nothing, Lao Zhu has always been so frugal, and most of the time Lao Zhu just thinks it is enough.Rich clothes and fine food are not attractive to him, not to mention some princes and lords, even some ordinary civil and military people, their lives may be more particular than Lao Zhu.

"Grandfather, my grandson really doesn't care about false names." Zhu Xiongying said bluntly, "It doesn't matter if you are a wise king, a benevolent king, or a tyrant. Those books are all written by Confucianism, and what is in their interests is good." The emperor, those who do not meet the requirements are all bad emperors. What Suner thinks is that the people live well and the country is strong, which is better than anything else. Besides, the people have ideas, and they can see it.”

Old Zhu was stunned for a moment, and then he was quite relieved, "Don't think too highly of the common people. The common people have no idea, they just depend on the landlords and gentry to make a living. Having said that, you won't see the effect of those things overnight. The people can't afford to wait, the people can't wait."

Zhu Xiongying naturally understood this, so he said with a smile, "So my grandson thinks about having a long-term plan in the future, what goal should be achieved in ten years, and what should be done in five years."

Lao Zhu's eyes lit up, and he put down his writing brush, "Tell me about it, it's a good idea. We have to think long-term, and we can't just think about solving problems because we have problems. We have to plan ahead."

Five-year plan, ten-year plan, these things can really happen, Zhu Xiongying also feels that it is necessary to formulate some relatively long-term goals, and move towards these goals step by step.

However, Zhu Xiongying also knew that this plan was not made randomly, and it could not be some unrealistic ideas.So even if such a plan is made, it should be based on the current actual situation, instead of talking about nonsense and fantasy at this time.

Naturally, Zhu Xiongying had no intention of hiding his personal interests in front of Lao Zhu. He kept talking to Lao Zhu about the concepts of the five-year plan and the ten-year plan.

In fact, Lao Zhu does not have some long-term plans. Many of his policies and the implementation of many policies have long-term plans.It's just that the five-year plan is somewhat different from some of Lao Zhu's previous practices.

Make plans for major national construction projects, productivity distribution, and important proportional relationships in the national economy, and set goals and directions for the development of the national economy.
Lao Zhu's plan was not so meticulous, not so detailed, and did not involve some specific areas, or it could be said that it did not have a comprehensive consideration.

But now, Lao Zhu was a little tempted, what should Daming look like five years from now?

(End of this chapter)